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Sorry, I should clarify: most of my statements here are purely from the perspective of "maximum win". Skorne themes and most of our models are pretty much all functional and workable. It's kind of hard to go wrong and playing Minion slavery is super fun!

Bloodrunners don't seem too important until I saw them on the table. Their ability to gum up the enemy, clear chaff, and surgically remove important support models is amazing. I think their ability to jam is what is most important though. Morgul simply doesn't have staying power. He NEEDS the enemy slowed while he deletes them from range until he can set up his assassination run.

Wrastler was the first and easiest model to remove. Primal is better and cheaper, plus it addresses Skorne's hitting problems.

The second raider unit was the second component I excised. With the reposition on the Bloodrunners you can easily get out of the way for what you want to shoot (your own stealth prevents you from blocking LoS). You only need really enough to delete the blocking elements of your opponent's army.

The common mistakes I see in DoA lists:
1. Focusing on including too many minions beasts. You really only need an offensive animus and an arc node. Everything else is just extra gravy to help you delete armor... But there are much better Skorne lists for dealing with mass armor.
2. Focusing on too many infantry units for the extra points. DoA's biggest strength is it's ability to add precious minions animus to the Skorne stable. People get lost in the weeds trying to get free points when they should really just be playing Masters of War if they want a melee infantry list or Winds of Death if you want a shooting infantry list. Your infantry should be there to enable the Assassination run, that is it.
3. Playing anyone other than Morgul2. Every other DoA caster works better in a different theme or is just inferior to the other DoA casters available. Morgul 1 and Naaresh both belong in IWH. They don't need Minions beasts to get work done and they don't support infantry at all. Xekaaar and Morgul3 are both just crappier versions of Morgul1 & 2 respectively. Don't bother.

So I landed on this list. Only part I'm unsure of is the Swamp Gobbers. I'm not sure they are needed but blocking LoS with a cloud can be very handy to protect our beasts on the approach.

I think this is what really made the Skrum great. After the first 2 rounds or so, people end up playing gamers of a similar caliber. All the while everyone is getting better because we just start a new one a few weeks after the first one ends. Smack is talked, challenges are made. We even have our own dice now. And since everyone gets to talking, the veterans start advising the noobs to help them come up. Meanwhile the vets use it to test their "why not?" lists.

I already moved to Skorne after dissatisfaction with Legion and a sweet opportunity on a fully painted army. I paid attention during the CiD but quickly learned that PP had no interest in addressing the issues I have with the faction. What little the CiD did address was pretty good but I never really got into the faction because of the Ogrun.

Before the CiD, I was invested in the discussion of what and how to fix the faction. Now that this process is over (and largely underwhelming), there isn't much left keeping me interested. Maybe once the update drops I'll dust off what I have and give it a shot.

There really aren't many options for dealing with Jack spam in Legion. At least, there aren't many options that look good on paper. You have to rely on maneuverability and tricks to defeat them... Which is basically "praying" that the table works too your advantage.

Honestly, the more I think about it, "praying" you can use the table is kind of standard issue Legion tactics. You have to hope there is something that flight, Pathfinder, or Eyeless Sight helps with.

Alternatively, if Primal Terrors ends up looking like it what it was at the end of week 3 from CiD, there's your answer. Anamag gets work done!

Which is kinda weird, considering how wide open the field was. Ogrun artillery, Ogrun ambushers, Ogrun beast support... But hey, birds! That aren't at all like Grotesques! Honest!